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St Vincent's Private Hospital | Mater Hospital, North Sydney | Bowral Office
Urology NSW

Dr Paul Bergamin Qualifications, Experience and CV

Name and Registration

  • Name: Dr Paul Bergamin
  • Post-nominals: MBBS, BA, MHM, AFRACMA, FRACS (Urol)
  • Specialty: Urological Surgery
  • AHPRA Registration: MED0001678208

Qualifications

  • FRACS (Urology) - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Fellowship Examination 2019 (awarded January 2021)
  • AFRACMA - Associate Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
  • Leadership for Clinicians - Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, 2018 (pathway to Associate Fellowship)
  • MHM - Master of Health Management, University of New South Wales, 2013
  • MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of New South Wales, 2010
  • BA (Political Economy) - University of New South Wales, 2010

Postgraduate Training

  • Medical school - University of New South Wales, including 18 months at the UNSW Rural Clinical School campus, Wagga Wagga
  • Junior Medical Officer and Senior Resident Medical Officer - NSW Health (SESIAHS), 2011–2013 - rotations in Urology (St Vincent's), Upper GI Surgery, Neurosurgery, Acute Surgery (Prince of Wales), Paediatric Surgery (Sydney Children's Hospital), General Surgery (Griffith), Emergency, ICU, Geriatrics and Rehabilitation
  • General Surgery Registrar (SET 1–2) - 2014–2015, Bankstown Hospital (laparoscopic/general), Lismore Base Hospital (general/urology) and Prince of Wales Hospital (acute surgery)
  • Urology Registrar (nSET 2) - 2016, QE2 Jubilee Hospital and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Queensland Health
  • Urology Registrar (nSET 3) - 2017, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW
  • Private Surgical Assisting - 2018, various hospitals (open and robotic)
  • Urology Registrar (nSET 4) - 2019, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW (Best Registrar, Awards Evening)
  • Urology Provisional Fellow (nSET 5) - 2020, Lismore Base Hospital, NSW

Current Appointments

  • Urological Surgeon, Urology NSW
  • Urological Surgeon, St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst
  • Urological Surgeon, East Sydney Private Hospital, Woolloomooloo
  • Urological Surgeon, Riverina Urology - Wagga Wagga and Griffith
  • Urological Surgeon, Riverina Day Surgery, Wagga Wagga
  • Urological Surgeon, Calvary Riverina Hospital, Wagga Wagga
  • Visiting Medical Officer, Griffith Base Hospital
  • Visiting Medical Officer, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
  • Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales

Consulting Locations

  • Urology NSW rooms - St Vincent's Clinic, 438 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
  • St Vincent's Private Hospital - 406 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
  • East Sydney Private Hospital - 75 Crown Street, Woolloomooloo
  • Riverina Urology - Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, Riverina Day Surgery, Calvary Riverina Hospital, Griffith Base Hospital, St Vincent's Private Hospital Griffith

Clinical Interests and Expertise

Prostate cancer survivorship

  • Psychosocial aspects
  • Continence
  • Erectile function

Benign prostatic enlargement (BPH)

  • Minimally invasive treatments for urinary obstruction

General urology

  • Vasectomy
  • Urological cancers
  • Stone disease
  • Haematuria and lower urinary tract symptoms

Practice philosophy

  • Focus on minimally invasive surgical techniques
  • Shared decision-making and patient education
  • Comprehensive local urological assessment and management

Background

Dr Bergamin grew up on a citrus farm just outside Griffith, NSW, before moving to Sydney for medical training. Having completed part of his medical training and a fellowship year in regional Australia, he has a long-standing commitment to rural and regional urological care and continues to provide services to patients in the Riverina region alongside his Sydney practice.

Leadership, Roles and Awards

  • 2024 – Core member of a group of three surgeons bringing robotic surgery to the Riverina region.
  • 2024 – Chair, Riverina Urology Functional Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
  • 2023 – Chair, Riverina Urology Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
  • 2022 – Subject matter expert, Prostate Cancer - Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network, HealthPathways.
  • 2022 – Subject matter expert, Chronic Urinary Tract Infections - Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network, HealthPathways.
  • 2022 – UNSW Subject Matter Expert, Urology.
  • 2021 Member, Medical Staff Council - Griffith and Wagga Wagga Base Hospitals.
  • 2019 “Best Registrar,” Royal North Shore Hospital Awards Evening.
  • 2012 Vice President, Resident Medical Officer Association.
  • 2008–2011 Rural Doctors Cadetship, Rural Doctors Network.
  • 2003 Dux Day Award, St Patrick's College, Strathfield.

Academic Reviewer

  • 2025 – Original Research Reviewer, ANZ Journal of Surgery.
  • 2022 – Abstract Reviewer, USANZ and UAA Annual Scientific Meetings.

Teaching

As Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Dr Bergamin is regularly involved in the interviewing, teaching and examination of medical students. Paul also interviews, teaches and examines prospective surgeons with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand.

  • 2025 Mock Fellowship Examiner, Mundipharma.
  • 2022 – Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales.
  • 2021 – Clinical Examiner, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
  • 2021 – SET Trainee Interviewer, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
  • 2021 – Annual Fellowship Examination Prep Examiner, Nepean Hospital.
  • 2021 – Bedside and VIVA tutorials, fortnightly in Griffith and Wagga Wagga - up to 30 hours per week of allocated student teaching, including bedside tutorials, clinic and operating sit-ins, plus lectures with other universities in Griffith.
  • 2020 – ASSET Course Instructor - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Australasian Surgical Skills Education and Training).
  • 2014 – Interviewer for entry to UNSW Medicine.
  • 2012 – UNSW Medical Student Examiner.
  • 2011–2015 Bedside and VIVA tutorials, weekly during UNSW Medicine semesters.

Invited Presentations and Conference Activity

  • 2025 St Vincent's Group Nursing Education Day - invited speaker.
  • 2025 St Vincent's Darlinghurst Nurse Education Day - two one-hour lectures: Overactive Bladder; Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections.
  • 2025 St Vincent's Griffith - “My Journey as a Griffith Local.”
  • 2025 Cystectomy lecture, Z. Williams.
  • 2024 GP Education Evening, Griffith - Prostate Cancer.
  • 2024 Panellist, USANZ NSW Section Meeting, Wollongong.
  • 2023 GP Education Evening, Griffith - Haematuria and Urinary Tract Infections.
  • 2022 – Annual Grand Rounds, Griffith - three one-hour lectures per year on a range of urological topics.
  • 2021 Parastomal hernia following cystectomy. Oral Presentation, RACS Annual Scientific Congress 2021.
  • 2021 Convenor and Chair, USANZ Sydney Hub at RACS Annual Scientific Congress 2021.
  • 2017 Ureteric Occlusion Procedures. Poster, USANZ NSW Section Meeting, Terrigal.
  • 2017 “Robotic Surgery in Urology.” Urological Nurses Society - speaker and moderator of the flexible cystoscopy skills session.
  • 2017 “Why I love urology.” Oral Presentation, University of Notre Dame.
  • 2014 International Meeting of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Seoul, South Korea - two oral presentations:
    • “Liver resection for metastasis other than colorectal, hepatocellular, cholangiocarcinoma/gallbladder and neuroendocrine tumours are controversial: a study of survival and benefits.”
    • “Synchronous colorectal and liver resection is safe: a single surgeon's experience.”
  • 2013 International Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Shanghai, China - “Synchronous diaphragmatic excision during liver resection is safe and feasible.”

Publications

  • Chew KKY, Boot M, Wilson K, Sowter C, Xuan W, Stanton R, Bergamin P. Systematic Review: Seventy-Seven Cases of Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Bladder. Société Internationale d'Urologie Journal, 2024; 5(2): 133–141.
  • Boot M, Chew K, Archer J, Sowter S, Bergamin P. Iatrogenic duodenal diverticulum perforation. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2023; 93(5): 1322–1328.
  • Williams IS, Wang N, Bergamin PA, Toon CW, Pulvers JN, Winter M. Peri-ureteric mass: an unusual case of immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Urology Case Reports, 2021; 38.
  • Bergamin PA, Kiosoglous AJ. Surgical management of recurrent urinary tract infections: a review. Translational Andrology and Urology, 2017; 6(Suppl 2): S153–S162.
  • Bergamin PA, Kiosoglous AJ. Non-surgical management of recurrent urinary tract infections in women. Translational Andrology and Urology, 2017.
  • Ng KM, Gandy RC, Bergamin PA, Haghighi KS. En bloc resection of diaphragm and liver tumours: an effective technique of diaphragmatic repair avoiding routine intercostal drain. HPB, 2016; 18.
  • Ng KM, Gandy RC, Bergamin PA, Haghighi KS. The simplicity of en bloc resection of diaphragm and liver tumours: a safe and effective technique of primary diaphragmatic repair with low respiratory-related morbidities. HPB, 2016; 18.
  • Gandy RC, Bergamin PA, Haghighi KS. Hepatic resection of non-colorectal non-endocrine liver metastases. HPB, 2016; 18.
  • Gandy R, Bergamin P, Haghighi K. Hepatic resection of non-colorectal and non-endocrine liver metastasis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2015.
  • Ip E, Bergamin PA, Wong JM, Goldstein D, Segelov E, Aghmesheh K, Haghighi KS. Comparable morbidity, mortality and patient long-term survival can be achieved in patients with colorectal liver metastases undergoing 2-stage or downstaging liver resections compared to patients undergoing routine resections. 2014.

View the complete list of Dr Bergamin’s publications →

Textbook

  • Senior Editor, Urology Fellowship Handbook: A concise guide to clinical urology. Digital Print Australia, 2019.

Media

Quality Assurance and Safety

  • 2022 Telehealth Advisory Committee Consultation Session, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators.
  • 2019 Discharge Collective Committee - promoting timely ward discharges, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.
  • 2012 Blood Collection Practice Improvement Project Working Party, Prince of Wales Hospital, Executive Unit.

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS - Urology), 2014 –
  • Associate Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (AFRACMA), 2011 –
  • Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2014 –
  • American Urological Association, 2015 –
  • European Association of Urology, 2015 –
  • Australian Medical Association, 2009 –
  • Rural Doctors Network, 2007 –
  • Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
  • Clinical affiliations: St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney; East Sydney Private Hospital; Wagga Wagga Base Hospital; Griffith Base Hospital

Community Service and Voluntary Work

  • 2012–2017 Medical Volunteer, Camp Quality.
  • 2011–2015 Bush Regeneration Volunteer, Landcare Australia.
  • 2004 – Blood Donor - 65+ donations.
  • 2000–2005 Doorknock Volunteer, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal.

Languages

  • English

Hobbies and Interests

  • Football - member of Sydney FC and Juventus FC
  • Golf

Contact

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